BookExpo

ABA member booksellers attending next week's BookExpo America can get help filling out the 2006 ABACUS survey from ABA Director of Special Projects David Walker. To set up an appointment, booksellers should contact Walker as soon as possible as time slots are filling up.

The results of the American Booksellers Association's 2006 Board of Directors elections, which concluded on April 24, were recently certified by the association's election inspector, KPMG.

Booksellers who would like to learn more about the ABACUS Study or who would like help filling out the 2006 survey form, can contact the American Booksellers Association's Director of Special Projects, David Walker, to set up one-on-one appointments for BookExpo America.

Author autographing programs at this year's BookExpo America will provide attendees the opportunity to meet a wide array of authors across many categories.

The ABA/Book Sense Lounge, Room 151 at the Washington Convention Center, will be the place for American Booksellers Association members attending this month's BookExpo America to learn about ABA products and services, as well as to meet with colleagues and check e-mail (courtesy of Booklog). Continuing the success of past years, the Lounge will also feature Book Sense Autographing sessions with some of independent booksellers' favorite authors.

The American Booksellers Association has created a special pre-BookExpo America membership offer for those who join ABA as a New Bookseller Member prior to May 17, the beginning of the trade show. Along with all that ABA offers -- including the ABA Book Buyer's Handbook and ABA's many business management services -- New Bookseller Members who join prior to BookExpo will receive these additional benefits: